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S. H. GOLDBERG.

MACHINE FOR CDUNHNG AND ARRANGING HA'RPINS 0R LIKE ARTICLES. APPLICATION um) ms. 23. I918.

1,326,925. Patented Jan. 15, HUN.

ISHEE'IS SHLH 1 s. H: GOLDBERG.

MACHlNE FOR COUNTING AND AHRANGfNG HAIRPINS 0H UKE ARTICLES. APPLICATION mu) FEB. 23. I918.

1,326,925. I Patented Jan. 6, 1920 ISHEETSSHEEI 2.

| I I I I I i I S H. GOLDBERG.

MACHINE FOR COUNTING AND ARRANGlNG HAIHHNS 0B LIKE ARTICLES. APPLICAHON HLED mi. 23. 1918.

1,326,925. Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

ZSHEETS SHEEI 3- S. H. GOLDBERG. MACHINE r03 coumme AND ARRANGING HAIRPINS 0R LIKE ARTICLES.

APPLICATION HLED PEB.23. HHS I Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

S. H. GOLDBERG. ma run coumms mu ARRANGING mamas 0R LIKE mucus.

APPUCATION HLED FEB-23.19l8. 1,326,925, Patented Jan. 6,1920.

ISHEETSSHEEY 5- MACH ' s. H. GOLDBERG. MACHINE FOB COUNHNG AND ARRANGING HAJHPINS 0R LRKE ARTICLES.

APPLICATION HLED FEB. 23. WW.

Patented J an. 6, 1920.

I SHEETS5HEEI 6 S. H. GOLDBERG. MACHINE FOB COUNTING AND ARRANGING HAIRPINS 0R UKE ARTICLES.

Patent/ed Jan. 6, 1920.

APPLICM'ION HLED FEB-23. I918- To all whom it may concern:

SOLOMON H. GOLDBERG, OF CHICAGO, ILLI PA IENT OFFICE.

N015. ASSIGNOR TO THE HUMP HAIRPIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

MAcHInE ron connrme AND ennaneme namrms ORLIKE ARTICLES.

1 ,seaezag' lie it knowntlni'tl'. Sonomox H. (iononnno, a citizen of the United States. resid' ing in the cit Y of (hicagm county oi Cook, and State of lllinois. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines Hairpins or for (.ountin -and Arran 'n c ollowmg 1s a like Articles, of which .t specification, i This invention 7 7 elntcs'to machines for eonnting 'anrl'n in ging hair ins or like artieles, and it is arnong the sa ient objects of the invention 't'otxilce a mass of hairpins or like articles whieh mine into the machine in miscellaneous positions and. automatically arrange to count the hairpins and preferably grou a predetermined number of hairpins so t' at they 'can be eonvenientl}; removed and packed.

Other objects of the invention are to proj vide amachine which eanhandle hairpins or like articles of dill'erent things and 111 which the heads of the pins will be arranged in the same d'rection irrespective of their position when led into the machine; to provide a lnachinewhieh will 'apidly and accuratelv count and arrange the hairpins; to provide an apparatus which w ill materially decrease the manual labor of packing hairpins or like articles and in which an absolute accurate count or grouping of the pins will tak piaceg The ifi'ventitii falsoresides in the novel athe arranging and feeding mechanism; iigh e construction of the counting mechanismaml the arrangement whereby groups of difl'erent predetermined numhers can he ai'itomaricallv counted and then removed from the machine; and in the arrangement whereby the removal of one group automatically releases another group in the counting or; selecting mechanism. The invention fur-the; resides in such features and t uetion dlai'rarr'gement and combinaof parts ll more' fully hereinafter s 7 up r. '7

n he draw ngs'. Figurevg is 2a side elevational view of amachine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan View,

parts hemg omitted er parts broken away Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

h sitation-med February 23. 1913. Serial No. 218,627.

7 is an enlarged front elevation of the upper part of the machine.

Fig.5. 4 is a rear view of the upper part of the machine, parts being omitted and other parts broken away for the sake of elearness of illustration.

. Fig. 5 is an enlarged .fragmentarv side eievational view of the serrated selective wheel.

Fig. 6 is the top plan view otthe stripper finger. Fig. i' is an enlarged fragmentary side elevational view of the counting mechanism.

Fig. 8 is a. view similar to Fig. 7 showing the parts adjusted to the removal position of the pins.

Fig. J is a top plan view of the spring releasing lever and assoeiated meehani-in.

Fig. 3

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary transverse view showing two of the rounting and releasing mechanisms.

Describing in detail the particular embodiment of my invention disvlosrd in the drawings and referring first to the general construction and arrangement of parts as shown in Fig. 1, l designates the frame which comprises uprights and supporting bars 3 in which the mechanism is mounted. At the upper end of the marhine there is a revolubly mounted drum 4, driven by a wheel 5 and belt 6 from a cross shaft 7. This shaft is driven from the motor 8 by means of the belt 9, wheel 10, idler shaft 11 and pulley 12; belt 13, shaft 15, pulley i6, belt 17 and belt wheel 18. I i

The hairpins or other articles fed into the rotating drum are discharged through suitable apertures 19 in the'latter. onto an agitated trough or apron 20. From the apron the articles are discharged onto the selecting mechanism which comprises a seleetive disk 21 and from the latter onto the counting mechanism 22. The selecting disks are driven in timed relation to the drum by means of a belt Wheel 23, belt 24 and pinioned 25 on shaft 7. The agitator is operated by means of an errontric 26 on the stub shaft 27 which is driven by a. belt 25% passing over the belt Wheel 29 on tle cross shaft 15. It will thus be seen that various mechan'ismsare all driven from the same motor or other source of 'power and are veyer or other automatic Irrespective relation to I of the'mannerotfeeding the hairpins into cally adjustably secured in plates j42zand' 'ticle to be ischar troughs, the patio es thus reaching the drum after they are once inserted into the latter, messes tumbled about and'separated through, with pins which project inwardly from the walls of the 7. These pins comprise a threaded stud memberM having an mncr and outer looking nut 35,1which'nuts are clamped upon the o posits sides of the walls of the drum'..

e other end of thedrum is provided with a stub shaft 36 mounted in suitable bearings 37 and driven by pulley 5 and belt 6. The walls of the drum have the apertures 19 arranged in rows which discharge into the corresponding grooves 38 arranged in the trough or apron 20. The apertures 19 are of a sizeto rmit one hairpin 'or other arat a time into the the troitiighs in an elongated position but the hea s of the pins may pro ect forwardly or rearwardly without in any way interfering with the selecting mechanism.

It will be noticed in 1 that trough or apron 20 is arranged, in inclined relation but in order to insure the pins being fed down the incline toward the selecting mechanism, the trough or apron 20 is given a vibratory movement. For this purpose, the

frame 39 of the trough or apron 20 is pivotally connected b links 40 to side bar members 41, which si e bar members are verti- 48 respectively. 7 The center cross her 440:!

the apron frame is connected by link or rod 72 to the eccentric 26 'on the stub shaft 27. The arrangement of parts last described is such that whenever the macpfineis driven the eccentricwill reciprocate impart a yibratory mevgpient to the trough or apronQO. For hold; g the frame of t e latter'in its normal p ition, there are employed pairs of sprin 46 and 47. As the pins are discharged u lathe apron the are guided by grooves 38 the correspon ing selecting disks 21. Each of these disks I has its periphery notch or serration, the

be fed into-this lnterior of the e rod 45 and notches or serrations 48 being of such size as to accommodates single ha rpin or other I 11% of the machine in case an exeeptiona y t ick hairpin or other articles passes beneath the plate, the stud 54; is rovided with a cross pin 55 which slides in a groove 5.6 in the cap or housing-v57. These various caps or housings in the associated I tainin plates or shoes are carr ed by a cross p rts Ofthe rebar 5 which in tum'ar'e' carried. by angle plates 59 on u rights 2 The drive connection is such t at the selecting disks 21 ar driven in the direction of the arrow as in-. dicated in Fi 5', and as they pass downward durin he rotation, the pins. 64 are automatica which is pre formed of s ace 61 and 62, bolted to the plste T e ar"- rangement is such that the free ends of the stripper finger extend upon opposite sides 'of the outer ed of the selecting disks 21 and automatica lift the pins out of the serrations or note cs 48, after which the, ins

slide downward plate 63. v V

Taking up now in detaiPthe counting mechanism and referring. particularly to Figs. 7 to 11 both inclusive, a win he noticed that the pins'as they slide down the inclined over the upper edge e the edge of the plate 63 strike against the pin or stop 65 which prevents them from passing on to the discharge arm 66. As shownin Fig. 7, the discharge arms are ofa size to receive an entire group, of hairpinsor other articles of the particular ,number desired- The number of pins which are discharged on to the arm 66 at any one time is governed by the distance between the sto -65 and tile auxilia sh m. The steps 6 and- 67 are provide wit f heads 68 and .69 which are spring pressed outwardly res ively. After vermn the 908ibyr springs 71 and tion 0 the steps 65 imd 6 therels emplo d a slidi bar/I8 which has its lower e free ice" rovide ivith a plurality of notches T4 and 5. A spring 16 which has one end fastened to a stationery pin 77 anda in 78 carried by her" 78, tends to normally s ide the latter rearwardly to the positionshown in Fig. 7. In this position the'head of the stop 67 regiaters with one of the recesses 7 and the spring 72 holds the auxiliary stop 67 out of engagement with the hair ins or other artien, h'owevcnthe cles on the plate 63.

get the pins ofi' from the arm, to slide theur against the sprin V releasing lever 79. There 1s 9 e eigteese evel'iioreach'of'the' dis charge arm's endth "ure perifora't gvely carries the stops auxiliary stop arm (56. lnaemu h as the distance between the arm 66. llech spring releasiii'g lever has one end connected to a block 81' plrotally mounted at 82 to a stationary plate 83.

securing devices the block 85 Wll lCh with the end of the bar 73, so that whenei'erithe rockedabout its piyot when ee'leve fifarc mo cd to the pos tion or other articles," hFbar 73 will be automatically adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 8. In this position theauxiliary stop 67 is forced down into the path oi the pins while the spring 71, acting on the head 68 of.

the stop (35, draws the main stop out of the path of the pins and allows the entire group of pine which are at 67 to slide down onto the the main stop flo'and the auxiliary stop 67 are fixed, the number of pin; in each released onto the discharge arm will he the same. However, in order to permit of grou )5 ol difi'cr'ent numbers, the block 85 is provided with several recesses for each stop so that groups 01 several different sizes can be taken care of by simple adjustment of changing the position of one or both oi. the stops also to insure the pins passing into the eugagenu-nt with the stops. a retaining bar 86 is arranged just alm'c'the-uppcr edge of the plate 63. The block 85 has an integral offset portion 2-38 which terminates in a threaded stud 89. The stud 8 has a square projection 90 which fits into a recess 91 in arm 92, and the stud is locked in engagement with the arm by means of a nut 93. This arm 92 forms the support for the block 85 and its associated mechanism, it being of course understood that there is'one of lthese supporting arms-i for each block, tn 0 of whicharius are shown in Fig. 11. In addition to the arm 32, thin-e is a second support ing arm 94 which carries theretaining membels 86, the arm 94 being an integral part of the casting 95, which is carried by cross bar 96. Arm 92 is tied to the casting 9'5 by means ofa bolt 97 and a nut 98, a suitable centering pin 99 projecting into a recess 100 in arm 94-, being employed for this purpose. After the group of pine marked 87 have been removed from the arm 66, the lever 79 will be free to return to the position shown in Fig. 7, the spring '76 then sliding the her back to its normal position wherein the main stop 65 is projected into the path of the V ,7 7 y V V drum are slottecl'at lfl so as to l'lt downoveriheend of member they may This' plate is secured by screws or other suitable 7 G5 aud oi'. The pivoted" block 81 has a shoulder 86 which registers ,sary

- combina the left of thegroup her to return said stops '67 is withdre an.

From the above description it will be apparent that the pins after once being fed, either, by hand or automatically, into the hutometically fed, guided, arranged, mounted and released in groups onto the discharge, arm '66; From this letter be either removed automatically or by hand and the removal of the pins will cause a new group to be released as fast as one group is taken from the discharge arm. In this manner it is not necesfor the pins to be removed at exactly the same speed as formed but in order to insure the continuous operation of the ma- 7, V rehinethe removal of the pins from the disehown in Fig. 8 for: removing the hairpins charge arm 60 should be at a rate suilicient to avoid an excessive accumulation on late'63. j A

lVhile I have shown and described a. preferred embodiment of my invention, the invention is not limited tothe articular details of construction or to t e articular tibns and arrangements oyparts described, except as ole-mentally set forth in claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In-la machine for Handling hair ins or like or roles the combination with ceding mechanism for advancing the plurality of hairpins or like articles, a. main stop normally pressed into the ath of movement of such articles, an auxi iary stop normally spring pressed out of the path of such artieles, and a movable member adapted in one position of adjustment to force the auxiliary stop into the path of the articles, and a, spring for automatically withdrawing the main stop out of the path of the said articles when the auxiliary stop is adjusted into their path.

2. In a machine for handling hairpins or like articles the combination with feeding mechanism for advancing the plurality of hairpins or like articles, a main stop normally pressed into the path of movement of such articles, an auxiliary. stop normally spring pressed out of the path of such artic108, and a movable member adapted in one position of adjustment to force the auxiliary stop into the path of the articles, and a spring for automatically withdrawing the main step out of the path of the said articles when the auxiliary stop is adjusted into their path, and spring controlled means for automatically ad usting said movable mem to their normal position.

3. In a machine for handling hairpins or like articles the combin etion with means for feeding forward the plurality of such articles, a main stop against which such articles strike, a dischargearm, an operating lever arranged to normally prevent the removal of articles from said discharge arm and means moval of the previous. group therefromand actuatcdhy the movement of sand lever for an auxiliary stop torforce mto the j automatically withdrawing said main stop movement of such articles whenev to permit the feeding of a new H up tosaid main stop is withdrawn whereby th 8 discharge arm upon the remove "of the precles released are divided into groupsnfipla vious group therefrom. determined number.

4. In a machine for handling hairpins or 5. In a. machine for handling heights; like articles the combination with means for the combination with feed' mechatnam, 88 feeding forward the plliralit of such arti, sto p'mechanism, discharge mec anisim'mgcb 10 cles, a. main stop against'w ich such artiamsm for normally'preventing the o clcs strike, a discharge arm an operat of articles from the discharge mec 'lever arranged to normally prevent the reand means for autgmaticall actuating moral of articles from said discharge arm, stop mechanism to permit the tending and means actuated by the-movement of said new gronp of articles to the discharge 15. lever for automaticaltlg withdrawing said anism uponthe removal of the main stop to permit e feedig of a new group therefrom. group to said discharge arrn lipo'n the re- SOLOMON H. GOLDBEEG; 

